The Apple App Store continues to break records in terms of revenues. According to an official report, developers made a cool $20 billion+ from the App Store last year. If the 30% cut that Apple keeps from the earnings is added, the cumulative revenue from the App Store in 2016 comes to nearly… Read More »
It’s only a matter of time before the total number of mobile applications in Apple App Store and Google Play store (combined) touches the 5 million mark. At the start of the year, the former already had 2.2+ million apps, while there were more than 2.6 million Android apps available for download. With… Read More »
In a recently conducted study, it was found that close to 78% of all mobile applications would not exist in the absence of backend APIs (i.e., their core functionalities will be affected). The importance of the API economy in the context of software development has been increasing rapidly for some time – with 2017… Read More »
There is a lot of buzz about TeamPangu working on a stable Pangu10 jailbreak tool for devices upgraded to iOS 10.2.1. The Yalu jailbreak tool – launched by Luca Todesco – is also currently available for download. While the announcements of these tools have met with a fair share of eagerness among iPhone/iPad users… Read More »
The importance of education technology has been increasing steadily over the last few years. Parents and teachers worldwide have given their thumbs-up to custom mobile games which have distinct (and valuable) learning elements. A 2016 survey reported that, in 1 out of every 5 households, kids in the 8-9 age group had access to cell… Read More »
They can be more productive than the average worker. They can be the very life and soul of your organization, joie de vivre spilling over from them all the time. But they might be ruining the very spirit and morales of your company, tampering with the effective teamwork and camaraderie that your firm… Read More »
(For an updated post-launch report on iOS 10.3, please click here) Last week, Apple launched the first beta of iOS 10.3. According to an official January report, the adoption rate of iOS 10 has jumped by nearly 21% between January 2017 and November 2016 (76% vs 63%) – and the arrival of iOS 10.3… Read More »
Smart lighting is easily one of the fastest growing sectors in the field of Internet of Things. According to analysts, this sector is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 22% over the next 7-8 years, making the value of the smart light market zoom up to $48 billion by 2020,… Read More »
It’s a brand new year, folks – this the 11th in the timeline of my company, Teksmobile. Every year, I wonder whether what I started back in 2006 as a modest-scale startup can grow bigger – and every year, I continue to be pleasantly surprised. 2016 has been a great year for us on a… Read More »
In the United Kingdom alone, the total number of business companies (private) was 5.5 million, at the start of the year. Interestingly, nearly 1 out of every 6 of these companies were small businesses. Move on to the United States – and the business scenario over here is even more robust, with more than 18.5… Read More »